Sikki advances; Sridhar, Bhat ousted

BANGALORE: Trupti Murgunde of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) fell to Sikki Reddy of Andhra Pradesh in the women's singles pre-quarterfinals of the IFCI All-India senior-ranking badminton tournament at the Karnataka Badminton Association on Saturday. Trupti started off with a narrow win in the first game but Sikki came back stronger to win 20-22, 21-17, 21-17.
In another match, Karnataka's Aditya Prakash got the better of Saarang Lakhanee of Air India 21-17, 21-13 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Earlier, Anup Sridhar and Arvind Bhat of PSPB were sent crashing out of the tournament in the first round. Sixth seed Sumeeth Reddy of Airports Authority of India accounted for Sridhar with a 21-19, 8-21, 21-16 win, while Karnataka's Prakash Jolly ousted fourth-seeded Bhat 18-21, 23-21, 22-20. Jolly however, fell to Srujan N of Andhra Pradesh 21-14, 18-21, 21-19 in the pre-quarterfinals.
Results (prefix denotes seeding): Boys: Pre-quarterfinals: 1-Saurabh Varma (PSPB) bt Eshan Naqvi (Mah) 13-21 21-18 21-7; 5-Nanda Gopal K (AAI) bt Tanishak K (AP) 21-3 13-1 (retd); 3-Prannoy HS (PSPB) bt Akshit Mahajan (Har) 21-14 21-13; Aditya Prakash (Kar) bt Saarang Lakhanee (AI) 21-17 21-13; 6-Sumeeth Reddy B (AAI) bt Vinay Kumar Reddy P (Rly) 21-14 21-15; Srujan N (AP) bt Prakash Jolly K (Kar) 21-14 18-21 21-19; 7-Mohit Kamat (Rly) bt Ravinder Singh (UP) 21-9 21-9; 2-Sai Praneeth B (PSPB) bt Rohan Castelino (Kar) 21-18 21-14.
First round: 1-Saurabh Varma (PSPB) bt Sagar Chopda (Mah) 21-14 21-17; Eshan Naqvi (Mah) bt Kiran Kumar B (Rly) 21-19 21-18; 5-Nanda Gopal K (AAI) bt Ajit Wijetilak (Kar) 19-21 21-13 21-17; Tanishak K (AP) bt Aditya Elango A (TN) 21-15 22-20; 3-Prannoy HS (PSPB) bt Mayank Behal (PNB) 21-10 21-17; Akshit Mahajan (Har) bt Rishiketh Yeligar (Kar) 21-19 21-17; Saarang Lakhanee (AI) bt Saurav Kapoor (AAI) 21-18 21-15; Aditya Prakash (Kar) bt Aditya Joshi (AI) 21-11 21-12; Vinay Kumar Reddy P (Rly) bt Rohit Yadav C (AP) 21-19 21-18; 6-Sumeeth Reddy B (AAI) bt Anup Sridhar (PSPB) 21-19 8-21 21-16; Srujan N (AP) bt Vijaykumar Reddy P (AP) 21-13 22-20; Prakash Jolly K (Kar) bt 4-Arvind Bhat (PSPB) 18-21 23-21 22-20; Ravinder Singh (UP) bt Vinayak N N (AP) 21-9 21-19; 7-Mohit Kamat (Rly) bt Mayank Gole (Mah) 21-18 21-18; Rohan Castelino (Kar) bt Deepak Khatri (Rly) 21-18 21-16; 2-Sai Praneeth B (PSPB) bt Arun N (AP) 9-5 (retd).
Girls: Pre-quarterfinals: 1-Neha Pandit (AAI) bt Jacqueline Rose Kunnath (Kar) 21-17 22-20; 7-Dhanya Nair (Rly) bt Sanyogita Ghorpade (AI) 19-21 22-20 21-19; 3-Sayali Gokhale (AI) bt Riya Pillai (Mah) 21-13 21-11; 6-Mohita Sahdev (AAI) bt Shradha Srivastava (Del) 21-8 26-24; 5-Sampada Sahasrabuddhe (AAI) bt Sara Naqvi (UP) 21-10 21-8; Siki Reddy N (AAI) bt Trupti Murgunde (PSPB) 20-22 21-17 21-17; 8-Mudra Dhainje (AI) bt Chitra Lekha (Rly) 21-18 21-16; Tanvi Lad (AI) bt Garima Yadav (MP) 21-7 21-9.
First round: 1-Neha Pandit (AAI) bt Sindhu Bhardwaj (Kar) 21-14 21-14 22; Jacqueline Rose Kunnath (Kar) bt Sarada Govardhini J (AP) 21-12 21-13; 7-Dhanya Nair (Rly) bt Saloni Yadav (MP) 21-11 21-13; Sanyogita Ghorpade (AI) bt Anuradha Shrikhande (Mah) 21-10 21-8; 3-Sayali Gokhale (AI) bt Nischitha GM (Kar) 21-7 21-13; Riya Pillai (Mah) bt Archana S (TN) 21-12 21-9; 6-Mohita Sahdev (AAI) w/o Vijeta Bhargava; Shradha Srivastava (Dli) bt Susan Rajan (Ker) 13-21 21-8 21-19; Sara Naqvi (UP) bt Arathi Sara Sunil (AI) 22-20 21-17; 5-Sampada Sahasrabuddhe (AAI) bt Niharika Saini (Raj) 21-8 21-13; Trupti Murgunde (PSPB) bt Uttara Prakash (Kar) 21-10 21-10; Siki Reddy N (AAI) bt 4-Anita Ohlan (Rly) 17-21 21-11 21-14; Chitra Lekha (Rly) bt Jamuna Rani R (AP) 21-11 21-16; 8-Mudra Dhainje (AI) bt Bibari Basumatary (Asm) 21-10 21-8; Garima Yadav (MP) bt Indu Saraswat (Raj) 21-6 21-4; Tanvi Lad (AI) bt Gayatri Vartak (PSPB) 21-13 21-7.